Biden advisor cites 'some concern' with Taiwan security bill amid 'distinct threat' from China
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the Biden administration has "some concern" with a Taiwan security bill moving through congress, as he said China continues to pose a "distinct threat" bill for the self-governing island nation. In an interview with David Rubenstein on Bloomberg's "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations," which will air in entirety on Sept. 21, Sullivan said he planned to meet with lawmakers on Wednes
Read MoreNew poll shows Biden with six-point lead on Trump
President Biden is leading former President Trump by six points in a hypothetical 2024 presidential matchup, new polling shows. In a Yahoo News-YouGov poll released Wednesday, 48 percent of registered voters said they’d cast their ballot for Biden “if the 2024 election were held today” — while 42 percent said they’d vote for Trump. Biden held a 3-point lead in the hypothetical 2020 rematch in a similar August poll
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Read MoreTrump controversy sparks scramble for McConnell, Senate GOP
Senate Republicans are scrambling to play defense two months before Election Day because of the embarrassing revelation that the FBI seized dozens of classified documents from former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. Republican senators want to talk about Biden’s economic record and inflation but instead are being barraged by questions about Trump’s decision to stash more than 300 classified documents at his personal residence, an apparent violation of the 1978 Presidential Records Act. The revelation late Tuesday in a Washington Post report that the discove
Read MoreEquilibrium/Sustainability — Europe burning protected trees as clean energy
Lumber from protected forests in Eastern Europe is helping feed the continent's insatiable desire for green energy, The New York Times reported. Electricity and heat from wood pellets currently counts toward European Union clean energy quotas — even as increased production turns forests in Estonia and Finland from carbon sinks to sources of greenhouse gases, according to the Times. But that could change
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